While the US LBM Coaches Poll and the AP Poll both have Notre Dame football as it’s No. 8 team, ESPN didn’t quite agree with either of them.
In its latest update to their Football Power Rankings, the Irish came in as ESPN’s No. 5 overall team, up two spots from last week. While on an off week, Notre Dame moved up a spot, but after dismantling Navy this past weekend, it made a bigger move.
The Irish are behind Texas, Ohio State, Alabama, and Georgia, as they have the top percentage of the top-5 to win its remaining games with 49.4%. Unfortunately, Notre Dame does have the second lowest mark at making the [autotag]College Football Playoff[/autotag] with 59.6%
What’s interesting is that Notre Dame chances to make the CFP Championship Game have steadily risen the last few weeks, hitting 11.6% this week with a 6.2% chance to win it all. This is much different than a few weeks ago when it was just 8.6% to make it and 4.1% to bring the title back to South Bend.
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